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Does Indian law protect women against domestic violence?

Pooja | Mar 5 2007

India is a country where the majority Hindus worship female deities like Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth or Saraswati, the goddess of learning and where the female form is revered as the Universal Mother- women are continue to be abused and disrespected. .

Tags: India, Domestic Violence, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indira Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Kiran Bedi, Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kalpana Morparia, Sati, Female Foetuses, Dowry, Politics & Society

Interview

Sara Rich

Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won�t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

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